While Wall Street Journal writer Allen Barra thinks Derek Jeter deserves the AL MVP, I disagree. Read my piece for The Faster Times on the issue.
Intangibles and past accomplishments shouldn’t be enough to get the MVP. People have talked about Mariano Rivera and CC Sabathia for Cy Young because Mo is leading the league in saves, and CC is leading the league in wins. Jeter does not lead the league in a single category. Not only that, but he only leads his own team in two categories – batting average and stolen bases.
True, Jeter is having his best season in years, but the standard for MVP isn’t him having a great year as opposed to other years. It’s having the best season in the league. And Mauer has him beat there, as I write in my article about it.
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